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Could somebody in the know explain what this would change with respect to free speech in the UK, outside of just taking things a little upstream? The country's
by crocodiletears 6y ago
Could somebody in the know explain what this would change with respect to free speech in the UK, outside of just taking things a little upstream?
The country's government's already attempted to imprison a guy who taught a dog to perform the Nazi salute as a prank[0], sentenced a woman to community service for posting rap lyrics[1], visit your house for having the wrong opinions on the internet[2, 3, 4, 5]…
So exactly what is being preserved by taking things a little further, and just preventing the speech it doesn't like in the first place?
[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/03/21/for-weeks-he-trained-a-dog-to-do-a-nazi-salute-the-man-was-just-convicted-of-a-hate-crime/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/03...
[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921
[2] https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/12/20/37275129/fighting-on-twitter-in-the-uk-you-could-be-arrested-for-that https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/12/20/37275129/fightin...
[3] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-47638527 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-47638527
[4] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/24/man-investigated-police-retweeting-transgender-limerick/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/24/man-investigated...
[5] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/police-arresting-nine-people-a-day-in-fight-against-web-trolls-b8nkpgp2d https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/police-arresting-nine-peo...
- sebmellen 6y agoThe UK is a police state, and the ideal of free speech is certainly dead there (unless, perhaps, you're willing to share some unsavory views at a Madrasa) [0]. [0]: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/10/islamist-extremism-remains-dominant-uk-terror-threat-say-experts https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/10/islamist-ex...